“Understanding the human implications of climate change,” the tagline of the Weather Matters hub, reveals it as a space for conversation among scholars and stakeholders concerned about climate change.
Matthew MacLellan argues that Garrett Hardin’s primary object of critique in his influential “The Tragedy of the Commons” is not the commons or shared property at all—as is almost universally assumed by Hardin’s critics—but is rather Adam Smith’s theory of markets and its viability for protecting scarce resources.
This volume focuses on environmental knowledge production in the United States by taking as starting points the impact of natural catastrophes and of public debates on climate change and environmental threats.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Jeff Sebo is interviewed on his book, Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes.
The science of palynology has proved to be a good tool to reconstruct the past, to build up archaeological scenarios and to record climatic changes during the Holocene period. However, the terms employed to denote climate, like arid and humid, are often used without proper definitions, ignoring intricacies of climate…
The Great Warming is a three-part Discovery Channel television series on the effects of anthropogenic global warming. Narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves, it takes a trip around the world to reveal how climate change is affecting people’s lives.
Anne K. Johnson tests the claims of cultural theory using the formation of climate change policies in Sweden, the United States, and Japan as case studies.
An Inconvenient Truth is a passionate and inspirational look at former Vice President Al Gore’s fervent crusade to halt global warming’s deadly progress by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it.
Vicki Arroyo uses environmental law and her background in biology and ecology to help prepare for global climate change.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Gonzalo Lizarralde is interviewed on his recent book, Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed.
